Lawrence Siff
Lawrence Siff is the founder and CEO of Neptune Advisors, LLC., a consulting firm focused on strategically positioning middle market companies for accelerated growth.
Mr. Siff has advised hundreds of CEOS and Boards on maximizing corporate value. He is the Founder of the Annual Pathway to Platinum Conference designed for CEOS to share best practices in management and oversight. Mr. Siff, a National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Board Leadership Fellow, currently serves on the Board of Directors of Jones & Vining and Mason Companies, Inc. and is an Industry Advisor for Silverwood Partners, a boutique investment bank. Mr. Siff serves as an independent board member and is the Chair of Strategic Planning, Investment, Compensation and Benefit Committees. He is a Trustee of the Museum of Science (Executive Committee), Chairman of the Asia-America Chamber of Commerce, a Founder of the Private Director Association of New England, a Director of the New England Business Association, a member of the MA Senate Business Advisory Council, a Director of the Two Ten International Foundation (Executive Committee) and the Winsor School Corporation. Mr. Siff is the past Chairman of the Brimmer and May School and a past Director of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG).
Prior to Neptune Advisors, Mr. Siff was Principal and Managing Director of Gordon Brothers Group, a $50 billion investment and transaction advisory firm. At Gordon Brothers Group, Mr. Siff founded the consumer products and branding businesses, which grew to become two of the firm’s largest divisions. As its Director of Strategic Acquisitions, he led acquisitions ranging from $5 million to $1.2 billion. Mr. Siff served on the Executive Committee and was an advisor to GBMP, an equity and debt fund. Over his 30‐year career as a growth‐oriented corporate executive, Mr. Siff led manufacturing, technology, consumer, wholesale and retail businesses. He was the President and CEO of Babystripes, Inc., an online retailer of luxury baby gifts, and the President and CEO of Cherry Tree Products, Inc., a manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer of high‐end children’s clothing. Mr. Siff was the President and CEO of Ambassador Shoe, B‐W Footwear Inc. and B/W/A International, where he established operations at 38 factories in 9 countries and successfully sold the company to strategic acquirers. Mr. Siff began his career at Procter and Gamble where he created the Wholesale Club Division which today accounts for over $3 billion in sales.
Mr. Siff is a recognized expert in corporate governance. Most recently, he has been a speaker at the National Directors Institute (Chicago), The Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals (NYC), the Chief Executives Officer’s Club (Boston), and the Asia America Chamber of Commerce (Boston). Mr. Siff has been a speaker for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (NYC), Armanino McKenna Technology Forum (San Francisco) and a lecturer at Brandeis University International Business School, Babson Olin Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School. He has been an Instructor for Pinnacle Solutions Exit Planning Advisor Certification and a contributor to Forbes. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and the Executive Program at Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck Business School
Jay Modi
Jay Modi has over ten years of experience as a C-Level executive, Co-Founder, and board member in Artificial Intelligence emerging technology companies.
These include:
- Alchemai Inc. – AI/ML predictive and prescriptive analytics and visualization SaaS for multi-teer supply chain network risk DIB customers
- Revolutionary Integration Group Inc. – AI Reinforcement Learning for validated trust for multi-agent networks in zero trust architectures, and novel token technology for authentication of documents and digital containers, DoD, and IT security industries
- Cyber 20/20 Inc. – AI/ML cyber defense and Automated Threat Hunting; DOD, Intel, and Financial Services customers
Key Leadership Roles:
+ Chief Technology Officer and board member; Alchemai Inc. – Transforming Risk into Advantage via our AI predictive, prescriptive and visualization SaaS
+ Co-founder, CEO, and board member Revolutionary integration Group Inc. – AI Validated Trust for AI multi-agent networks and authentication token technology for
Data, documents, and digital containers
+ Chief Operating Officer and board member Cyber 20/20 Inc. – AI Automated Threat Hunting Cyber Defense Software as a Service
+ Founder and CEO, ModiClear & Associates LLC – Executive Consulting for AI/ML technologies, AI Cyber Defense, CMMC and FedRamp, and Digital Transformation
+ Director Research Engineering, The SI Organization Inc. – Advanced Technology Office
+ Chief Technology Officer, Advanced Technology Programs, Lockheed Martin Corporation IS&GS.
+ Portfolio Director, Aeronautics Program U.S. F35 Battlespace Simulation Environment; U.S F22 Air Combat Simulator and Special Programs Lockheed Martin Corporation IS&GS
+ Chief Scientist, National Security Programs Lockheed Martin Corporation IS&GS
+ Software Engineering Lead, U.S. F16 Flight Test Data Processing Lockheed Martin Corporation Aeronautics
+ Software Engineering Lead, U.S. Navy and Airforce contracts, Computer Sciences Corporation
Executive Summary:
Jay Modi is a results-focused technology executive and business-growth strategist who specializes in monetizing intellectual property; a dynamic leader who inspires organizations to take risks for revenue generation through product innovations that are affordable, efficient, and effective. Jay has over 20 years of experience in the Defense Industrial Base (DIB) directing organizations and cross functional teams of engineers and data scientists to develop and implement revenue generating advanced technologies, innovation product portfolios, digital transformation, S/W applications and enterprise product lifecycle management. He is an expert in delivery and scaling modern AI SaaS products with disciplined pragmatism.
Over the last 20 years, Jay has gained expertise in senior project management and contracting in the federal sector. He directed development of prototype sensor models, MVPs, 3D Gaming, Flight simulators, enterprise information systems, apps/mobile apps, AI analytical platforms, autonomous systems, Multi-Level Security architectures and AI cyber defense SaaS. Jay also directed M&A teams (pre and post) activities with multiple mid-size and large technology companies. Jay led the implementation for CMMC and FedRamp for companies and products. Additionally, Jay was campaign lead for C5 Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Autonomous Systems (UAS & UGS), and targeted AI solutions for new and adjacent markets. Jay formulated automated query systems e.g., TCPED for satellite-remote sensing for national security programs for the intelligence community and led the execution of end-to-end Systems Integration. As an executive consultant, he directed AI/ML analytics teams for business intelligence strategy and technology, data analysis and information management, predictive and prescriptive analytics, data mining, business performance management and dashboards for federal, financial, and civil sectors. He advised and led the technology team’s cloud migration and adoption of AI/ML data analytics technology and automated processes, procedures and training for the workforce in minimized enterprise risk and measurable improvements in annual revenue cycle management.